Americas press review

Headlines: Moscow warns Washington against arms shipments to Ukraine

Ammunition, weapons and other equipment are being prepared by the US Air Force for Ukraine.

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According to the head of the CIA, Russia could be led to use nuclear weapons. This declaration by Williams Burns is widely taken up in the press this morning.

According to the head of the CIA, military setbacks in Ukraine could prompt Russian President Vladimir Putin to use a tactical or low-power nuclear weapon in that country, CIA chief William Burns said on Thursday.

According to the boss of the main American intelligence agency

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It is in this context that the White House received a diplomatic note from the Kremlin, a note which warns against arms deliveries for Ukraine.

This is exclusive information from the

which was able to obtain a copy of this note in which Russia warns the United States.

The delivery of so-called sensitive weapons systems escalates the conflict and can have unpredictable consequences, according to the Kremlin.

This week, US President Joe Biden gave the green light for new military aid to Ukraine, with heavier equipment than that delivered so far, including artillery systems. 

Florida bans abortion from 15 weeks of pregnancy

The new law was signed into law yesterday by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis.

The text reduces the legal threshold for abortion from 24 to 15 weeks of pregnancy.

The only exceptions taken into account by this new law are those of a “serious risk” for the health of the woman or a lethal anomaly of the fetus, but no exception in the event of rape or incest.

For the

newspaper , this new law marks a “ historic

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Organizations defending the right to abortion are not taking off.

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 ," a Planned Parenthood official said, as quoted by the Miami Herald.

She promises to continue the fight against the ban on abortion.

Another similar bill in Mississippi is currently before the Supreme Court.

A war on diversity in American society 

This crusade against abortion in the southern states is flanked by another conservative movement, that against sexual diversity.

It is on the front page of the Canadian newspaper

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," writes the Quebec daily, "

this state in the southern United

Two ultra-conservative measures which, according to

, add to a list of “

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The newspaper believes that with this strategy, the Republican Party wants to seduce a conservative, Christian, white, rural, but also urban electorate, while American society is increasingly divided as the midterm legislative elections approach. .

It is a real cultural war waged that does not stop in front of public libraries.

Some have been forced to withdraw books that deal with gender issues or tell stories of love between Americans of foreign origin.

In Brazil, the viagra affair embarrasses the government

Buying tens of thousands of Viagra pills for the army embarrasses the government.

It's on the front page of

.

Earlier this week, an opposition lawmaker revealed the purchase of 35,000 viagra tablets for Brazilian soldiers, along with 60 inflatable penis implants, also used for erection problems.

All for a value equivalent to several million euros.

While the opposition cries foul 6 months before the presidential election and the Court of Auditors has looked into the case, President Jair Bolsonaro does not see where the problem is, "

" , he said yesterday, comments echoed by

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The drug is believed to have been purchased to treat high blood pressure in soldiers, added the far-right president who months ago vetoed a bill that would provide free sanitary napkins for women. more deprived.

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